MATING BEHAVIOR OF THE CAT FLEA, CTENOCEPHALIDES FELZS BOUCHE(SIPHONAPTERA:PULICIDAE) AND MALE RESPONSE TO FEMALE EXTRACT ON AN ARTIFICIAL FEEDING SYSTEM

Abstract  The mating behavior of cat flea, Ctenocepholides felis (Bouche) was studied on an artificial feeding device. Male and female can mate repeatedly with same partner or Merent ones. In the situation of male: female ratio of 1 :5, each mating lasted an average of 6.6 min, with a mean interval between matings at 2.5 min., compared to 11. 1 min and 12.1 min respectively in a cell with 5 males and 1 female. As many as 48 mating events were observed for one male during an 8 h period. One female mated 27 times in 7 h with 5 males in the same cell. Newly emerged males and females can not mate before blood meal and about 24 h blood feeding is rewuired for successful mating. Newly emerged males can not mate with fed females (fed for 48 h), but fed males can mate with newly emerged females who are feeding the blood. Significantly more male contacts and male-male mating attempts were observed after the paper treated with female extract was introduced into the cell. The paper contacts and mating attempts were 16.75–32.25 times and 15.75–31.38 times, respectively, on average during a period of 20 min when different doses (FE) of extract were provided.     

离体心肌“生理性”收缩的计算机伺服系统

扩充了A/D接口的Z-80微机和编制的软件,与肌力计和力位移双态换能器组成伺服系统,可以自动控制换能器金属杆的工作状态和“后负荷”水平,使离体心肌产生时相顺序类同于射血心室的四个时相“生理性”收缩,从而获得心肌的张力长度关系、作功量等心肌力学信息,并可同步观察收缩末期张力长度关系和张力速度关系。     

两种品系油菜植株成分与蚜虫种群消长及成蚜翅型的关系

本文研究两种品系油菜植株成分与桃蚜(Myzus persicae(Sulzer))、萝卜蚜(Lipaphis erysimi(Kaltenbach))的种群消长及成蚜翅型的关系。经分析得出如下结果:1.桃蚜种群消长与苏氨酸、赖氨酸、组氨酸、丙氨酸、硬脂酸等含量有关;桃蚜成蚜无翅率与精氨酸、谷氨酸、酪氨酸、异亮氨酸等含量有关。2.萝卜蚜种群消长与苏氨酸、蛋氨酸、异亮氨酸、苯丙氨酸、酪氨酸、含水量有关;萝卜蚜成蚜无翅率与含水量。亚麻酸。苏氨酸、油酸,天门冬氨酸、丝氯酸、亚油酸等含量有关。     

纵观虫草（真菌）的来世今生

虫草为一类具有悠久利用历史的真菌。随着研究的逐渐深入,虫草的概念也随之改变,同时也带来了机遇和挑战。虫草已由独处深闺变得与人们生活密切相关。本文从概念出发,对虫草的研究历史、物种界定、分类研究,以及开发应用前景进行了综述和展望。     

Ikaros通过靶向调控 c-KIT抑制B-ALL白血病细胞的增殖

Ikaros是一种重要的造血细胞分化与发育调控因子，其基因结构、蛋白质活性的改变与淋巴细胞白血病的发生密切相关。致癌基因c-KIT与白血病的发生有直接联系，但Ikaros与c-KIT之间的调控关系尚未见报道。本研究报道，在人急性B淋巴细胞白血病（B-acute lymphoblastic leukemia, B-ALL）细胞中，Ikaros可靶向调控c KIT基因的转录与蛋白质表达。通过在人B ALL细胞系Nalm6中分别高表达和shRNA干扰Ikaros后，qRT-PCR与 Western 印迹结果显示，Ikaros可直接抑制c-KIT基因的表达。双荧光素酶报告实验检测Ikaros及其突变体对c-KIT基因的直接靶向作用。结果显示，野生型Ikaros可明显抑制c-KIT的表达，而突变体则不能。进一步利用染色质免疫共沉淀技术（chromatin immunoprecipitation，ChIP），检测Ikaros对c-KIT上游启动子序列的结合活力。结果显示，Ikaros蛋白在c KIT的上游调控区约-500 bp处有明显的结合。Ikaros通过靶向c-KIT上游启动子，抑制c-KIT表达，抑制B-ALL细胞的增殖，为临床治疗白血病提供了新思路。     

不同灌溉条件下杨树人工林蒸腾过程及环境响应

研究不同土壤水分阈值灌溉下毛白杨(Populus tomentosa)生长季蒸腾与环境因子的关系, 对于科学制定毛白杨高效水分管理策略至关重要。该研究以毛白杨人工林为研究对象, 设置不同灌溉处理: 充分灌溉(DF, 当滴头正下方20 cm处的土壤水势达到-18 kPa时灌溉)、控水灌溉(DC, 当滴头正下方20 cm处的土壤水势达到-45 kPa时灌溉)和无灌溉(CK, 空白对照)。采用热扩散技术, 对毛白杨生长季树干液流通量进行连续观测, 并同步监测太阳辐射(SR)、空气温度(T_a)、空气湿度(RH)、土壤体积含水率(SWC)和风速(WS)等环境因子。结果显示: 1)不同灌溉处理下毛白杨树干液流通量日变化趋势相似, 呈现单峰型, 并存在显著的夜间液流活动。灌溉处理不会影响树干液流的启动时间, 但会造成树干液流峰值时间出现差异, 充分灌溉会使液流峰值到达时间提前。灌溉会增大毛白杨蒸腾量, 毛白杨的蒸腾量随着土壤水分灌溉阈值的减小而增大。2)毛白杨树干液流密度与SR和空气水汽压亏缺(VPD)存在明显的时滞现象, 树干液流通量变化提前于VPD, 而滞后于SR。不同灌溉处理对时滞现象无显著影响。3) 3个处理下, 蒸腾与VPD、SR及SWC具有显著正相关关系, 与风速具有显著负相关关系, 且对气象因子的响应程度不同。综上所述, 灌溉能够有效调节人工林水分生理对环境因子的适应过程, 但增加灌溉未必会造成蒸腾相应增加。根据林分蒸腾需水和自然降雨的关系, 生长季前期(该研究为4-7月)进行灌溉有利于毛白杨人工林水分生理活动的进行。     

Streptomyces jiujiangensis sp. nov., isolated from soil in South China

An actinomycete capable of lysing cyanobacteria, strain JXJ 0074^T, was isolated from a soil sample collected from Jiangxi province, south China, and characterized by using polyphasic taxonomy. The new isolate showed morphological and chemotaxonomic properties typical of members of the genus Streptomyces. Phylogenetic analysis of the near-complete 16S rRNA gene sequence indicated that strain JXJ 0074^T should be affiliated to the genus Streptomyces and exhibited highest similarities to Streptomyces shenzhenensis DSM 42034^T (98.99 %) and Streptomyces lucensis NBRC 13056^T (98.60 %), while the similarities to other members of the genus are lower than 98.22 % similarity. However, the DNA–DNA hybridization values between strain JXJ 0074^T and S. shenzhenensis DSM 42034^T or S. lucensis NBRC 13056^T were 46.2 ± 2.6 and 32.6 ± 3.1 %, respectively. Thus, on the basis of the polyphasic data, strain JXJ 0074^T represents a novel species of the genus Streptomyces, for which the name Streptomyces jiujiangensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is JXJ 0074^T (= BCRC 16953^T = KCTC 29262^T).     

焦磷酸测序测定SNP的常见问题与解决方法

目的:探讨焦磷酸测序技术对单核苷酸多态性分型因测序图谱中存在的一些典型问题而导致分型结果不准确的解决方法。方法:以VKORC1基因1639 GA位点、CYP2C19基因636 GA位点及UGT1A1基因TA重复序列(TA)6(TA)7的多态性检测为例,分别采用优化PCR条件、改变测序时dNTP的加入顺序以及设立外标校正的方法来解决上述问题,从而提高焦测序对SNP分型的准确性。结果:通过升高PCR退火温度,可以显著提高VKORC1基因的扩增特异性,降低了测序图谱中非特异性信号峰强度;通过优化测序时dNTP的加入顺序,CYP2C19基因636 GA位点的准确分型结果可通过观察测序图谱中相关信号峰的有无而简单获得,避免了比较信号峰的相对强度;通过比较待测样本与已知基因型的外标样本的测序图谱来确定待测样本的基因型,提高了对UGT1A1基因TA重复序列(TA)6(TA)7多态性的分型准确性。结论:本文针对焦测序在测定SNP时的常见问题所提出的相应解决方法不仅简单、经济有效,而且在临床应用方面具有可靠性。